Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Gibson

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 8/1/06 12:21:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > _DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2006®_ > (http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm) Is he > > "acting", out of fear for his career, or sincere? > > Who can say? He certainly has good reason to fear > for his career, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility > that he genuinely wants to be a decent human being. > > I was impressed by this: > > "I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came > from during that drunken display." > > Actually, it doesn't seem like it would be very > difficult to understand where they came from; anybody > who has ever read anything about his father has a > really good idea where they came from. But maybe > Mel hasn't been able to confront that until now. > > So far, he's been unwilling to say anything against > his father's views. I'd think he has to get to the > point where he can *both* love his father *and* > vehemently disagree with him publicly before he can > really heal himself. Whether that will also heal > his career is another question. > Richard Donner, a Jew, made five blockbusters with Gibson. I would be curious to know what his reactions to all this is. If Gibson is the virulent anti-semite he appears to be, it must have been difficult for him to work all those thousands of hours with Jews. Similarly, it would have been excruciating for the Jews. Hopefully, Gibson, in his heart, isn't the ant-semite his words portray him to be and he will heal. But he did the right thing with this most recent press release. Total and apparently unconditional apology, remorse and a reaching out for help to the very community he insulted. I have to pretty much agree with both of you here. I think his father poisoned his mind as a child with all this anti-Semitism and he did a complete 180 degree change but those latent impressions popped up in a time of weakness. I have no reason not to believe his apology is sincere. I also believe any grief he receives over this is also well deserved and will have awakening effect on him.  __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___